This Playground Is Designed To Challenge Kids As They Grow

This Playground Is Designed To Challenge Kids As They Grow

Visitors to Volkswagen’s Autostadt, the museum adjacent to its Wolfsburg factory in Germany, will now find themselves confronted with these grey, blobby forms in the lobby. Is it a sculpture? An ode to Fahrvergnügen? Nope, it’s a playground. For kids.

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